55Failure to attend before medical panel

### 55 Failure to attend before medical panel > *\[Section 55 Amended by No. 43 of 1993, s. 13 \]*[*\[Section 55 Substituted by No. 99 of 2000, s. 28, Applied:01 Jul 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-07-01/act-2000-099#GS28@EN) If a worker in respect of whom a claim for compensation has been made – > > > > (a) fails, without reasonable cause, to attend before a medical panel at the time and place of which the worker has received not less than 7 days' prior notice in writing from the Tribunal; or > > > > > (b) appears before a medical panel but refuses to be medically examined by the medical panel or a member of the medical panel or in any way obstructs such an examination – > > the Tribunal may suspend the worker's right to compensation under this Act until he or she appears before the medical panel or undergoes that examination.